Dungeon Defenders News

[h2]New Content[/h2]
[h3]Ruthless Difficulty[/h3]
Ruthless breathes new life into early-game content with map-specific difficulty increases! Older maps receive larger difficulty adjustments to bring them more in-line with newer content that's generally balanced with seasoned defenders in mind. Recently introduced maps receive smaller adjustments, although players will find them more challenging nonetheless!

• Alchemical Laboratory, The Throne Room and The Summit maps drop new baby pet variants of their respective bosses when beating the maps during Campaign mode on Ruthless difficulty;
  
  
  • Baby Demon Lord - Obtained via Campaign Mode on Alchemical Laboratory.
    
  • Baby Mech - Obtained via Campaign Mode on The Throne Room.
    
  • Baby Ancient Dragon - Obtained via Campaign Mode on The Summit.
    
  
  
  
• Temple of Polybius, True Boss Rush, Halloween Invasion, and todays new addition; Eternia Gauntlet have increased rewards on Ruthless Difficulty.
  
  
• While playing on Ruthless, items from all maps have higher chance to be 'Ultimate++' quality. Additionally, rewards from original Campaign maps and challenges have been scaled up to current gear standards.

[h3]New Map: Eternia Gauntlet[/h3]
Pursue the Crystalline Squire across Etheria, conquering each challenge and villain they've assembled to impede you!


This map provides two unique rewards to triumphant defenders; the Lumeric Staff and Abyssal Fin Sword.

[h2]New DLC[/h2]
[h3]Warping Core Challenge Pack II[/h3]
This DLC pack grants players access to Arcane Library, Omenak and Infested Ruins maps with the Warping Core game modifier! Defenders will need to be both fleet of foot and quick of wit to conquer the challenge ever-wandering cores pose. Those who are successful in their defense will be rewarded with the coveted Zamira set;

• Zamira Bracers - Obtained by completing Warping Cores: Arcane Library.
  
• Zamira Mask - Obtained by completing Warping Cores: Omenak.
  
• Zamira Hat - Obtained by completing Warping Cores: Infested Ruins.

When all three pieces of the Zamira set are equipped, players will dawn a unique set bonus; butterfly wings! Moreover, each time players complete all three maps—consecutively or not—they will be rewarded with a new feathered friend upon returning to their tavern; Zamira's Mount!


The Warping Core Challenge Pack II releases with a 10% launch discount, available until July 29th! Find it here;

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3086970/Warping_Core_Challenge_Mission_Pack_II/

[h3]Balance Changes[/h3]

• Reduced the damage of Huntress' 'Piercing Shot' by 50%.
  
• Chests in War of the Djinn and Rumble in the Jungle now give 130 mana instead of 100.
  
• Added a 1.5x damage multiplier to Nightmare True Boss Rush Great Old One.

[h3]Quality of Life[/h3]

• Added selection UI to True Boss Rush checkpoints.
  
• Added a mini-map for Temple of Polybius boss gauntlet.
  
• Significantly sped-up War of the Djinn and Rumble in the Jungle on all difficulties.
  
• Significantly increased the time the Djinn spends in the lamp during Rumble in the Jungle.

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed an issue where the Barbarian could get stuck upon level victory.
  
• Fixed max core HP on Deeper Well: No Towers Allowed challenge.
  
• Fixed an issue where pressing V at any time during the map would always skip the 'boss timer' on Crystal Cave.
  
• Fixed an issue where players could not interact with presents while in build phase.
  
• Fixed an ability bug for Crystalline Resurgence III and Nightmare True Boss Rush Great Old One.

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[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]

• Increased health on 'No Towers Allowed: Crystal Caves' spawned mobs by 200%.
  
• Changed 'Ultimate++' armor drop rates on 'No Towers Allowed: Crystal Caves' to be approximately 1/48 runs as opposed to 1/32 runs.
  

[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]

• Increased damage and health on 'No Towers Allowed: Crystal Cave's bosses.
  
  
  
  
  • Increased 'Kraken' damage by 25%.
    
  • Increased 'Demon Lord' and 'Goblin Mech' damage by 100%.
    
  • Increased 'Genie King' damage by 200%.
    
  • Increased 'Demon Lord', 'Genie King' and 'Mini Djinn' health by 50%.
    
  • Increased damage resistance on all 'Crystal Cave's bosses by 25%.
    

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed enemies spawning after the boss has died on Crystal Caves.
  
• Fixed 'Crystal Cannon' having unintended damage.
  
• Fixed lava being rendered on top of mana crystals on Crystal Caves.
  
• Changed 'Cystal Staff' to 'Crystal Cane' to avoid confusion with another item, and fix typo.
  
• Fixed typo on achievement for 'No Towers Allowed: Crystal Cave'.
  

[h2]New Content[/h2]

[h3]Crystal Caves[/h3]
Enter the lava-filled caverns of the Crystalline Dimension and defend the Eternia Crystal against the enemies dwelling within!

• Rewards new crystal weapons for each class; Crystal Sword, Crystal Gun, Crystal Staff, and Crystal Spear.
  
• Rewards new 'Etherian Ancient' and 'Chromatic Gemstone' pets. on Survival waves 25 and 35, respectively. Rewards 'Hero Animus' pet(s) on Survival wave 30.
  

[h3]Crystal Caves: No Towers Allowed[/h3]
The bosses within have disabled your towers. Defend the Crystal without them!

• Has the potential to drop high-quality armor--an 'Ultimate++' piece approximately every 32 runs.
  

[h3]Palantir[/h3]

• Added 'Squire' boss.
  
• Buffed accessory quality on Palantir to be on-par with other endgame accessories.

[h2]Quality of Life[/h2]

• Made 'Step Towards Melee Target' option a button-toggle atop the UI option (default keybind 'Control + Z').
  
• Equipping items no longer drops equipped items when the item box is full.
  
• Armor can now be earned from 'True Boss Rush' mode.
  
• Added option to remove only armor or accessories by holding down 'Shift' or 'Control' when clicking 'Unequip All gear' button.
  

[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]

• Goblin Copters now use their held enemy's elemental damage resistance.
  
• 'Tropics of Etheria' has received a loot-quality nerf on Survival Mode to be on-par with 'Coastal Bazaar'.
  
• Reduced Ranger's 'Spread Shot' base damage by 25%.
  
• Increased Barbarian's 'Hawk' base damage by 5%.
  
• Huntress' Shadow Step now costs 30 mana.
  
• Reintroduced Huntress' 'Invisibility' ability alongside 'Shadow Step'.
  
• Apprentice's 'Overcharge' now grants a speed boost.
  
• Changed bonus damage on staves from 18% to 23% to make it more feasible to beat the 'Rainmaker'.
  
• Reduced Countess' 'Call to Arms' damage resistance by 20%.
  
• 'Crystalline Resurgence Four' rewards are no longer limited to one per account.
  
• Hermit's 'Whirlwind' now grants invulnerability to negative states effects.
  
• Implemented a damage nerf for high-end 'Honey Guns'.
  
• 'Shield of Hearts' now has a one-second cooldown for its healing effect.
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Siege Mechs are now properly affected by Hermit's 'Web Wall'.
  
• Fixed 'Piercing Shot' ability appearing too large when off-host.
  
• Fixed Deeper Well map giving unintended experience,
  
• Fixed frame-rate limit not being selectable on controller.
  
• Experience orbs and pirate mana tokens now use the same sound the mana token.
  

[h2]New Bundles[/h2]
Players can finally complete their collections (and save while doing so) with the 'Dungeon Defenders Costume Bundle' and 'Dungeon Defenders Hero Bundle'! The former provides a variety of costume packs and costume-granting missions, while the latter will grant you all of the mightiest heroes Etheria has to offer. For more information on the exact contents of each collection, visit their store pages below!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/41419/Dungeon_Defenders_Hero_Bundle/
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/41573/Dungeon_Defenders_Costume_Bundle/

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[h2]New Map - Tropics of Etheria[/h2]

• New Weapons for all classes.
  
• A super secret reward!
  
• New 'Colored Owl', 'Polly', and 'Beach Island' pets obtainable from Survival Mode.
  

[h2]Quality of Life[/h2]

• 'Sell All' button no longer sells forged items.
  
• Added colorblind settings for item box frame colors and minimap colors in CDT settings.
  
• Event items with custom beam colors are now reflected on the minimap.
  
• Made 'Mythical', 'Ult+', and 'Ult++' colors within description reflect the actual default quality color.
  
• Made 'Ult++' in shop get automatically locked when generated.
  

[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]
[h3]Pure Strategy Rework[/h3]

• All towers cost more DU to build on repeated placements. Sharken, Djinn and Copter Ogre spawn rate increased.
  

[h3]Barbarian[/h3]

• Added 'Chain Lightning' damage on hit with 'Lightning Stance'.
  

[h3]Huntress[/h3]

• Hero damage scaling increased.
  
• 'Super Legendary Huntress' movement speed increased by 20%
  
• 'Piercing Shot' projectile speed increased
  
• 'Piercing Shot' size/hitbox and damage now scale with distance travelled.
  
• 'Piercing Shot' now scales more efficiently with 'ab2', and less so with gun damage.
  
• 'Invisibility' ability changed to 'Shadow Step', a new damage-dodge mechanic with a set duration and cooldown. Provides a short distance 'blink' upon activation.
  

[h3]Ranger[/h3]

• Hero damage scaling increased.
  
• Ranger movement speed increased by 25%.
  
• 'Piercing Spreadshot' increased projectiles by 2.
  
• 'Each projectile of 'Piercing Spreadshot' has a different damage type.
  

[h3]Initiate[/h3]

• Changed HP scaling to that of the Monk's.
  

[h3]Miscellaneous[/h3]

• Slightly increased experience gained and drop quality on early game maps.
  
• 'Moonbase' awards more experience; 1.00 -> 1.25.
  
• Made Owls larger; 1.65 -> 1.8.
  
• All staffs excluding the 'Rainmaker', 'Moon Staff' and 'Ember Sceptre' do 18% more damage.
  
• Reverted Fireball tower damage reduction (damage increased by 18%).
  
• 'Temple of Water' now has the same quality of drops as 'Infested Ruins'.
  
• Harpoon tower now pierces terrain.
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Size sorting now uses actual drawscale of pets for sorting.
  
• Pet size info now based on actual drawscale of pet as opposed to a percentile value which was inaccurate.
  
• Removed out-of-bounds collisions for Omenak.
  
• Fixed 'Wood Rifle' not granting 1.1x movement speed multiplier.
  
• Fixed bHardcore on CDT settings always using the open/local option when initializing the game for the first time.
  
• Fixed 'Emerald Staff' and 'Staff of Hearts' not showing their gems when dropped on the ground on lower graphical settings.
  
• Fixed issue where taking damage as a player attempts to jump would cancel the jump.
  
• Made 'Tavern Owl' smaller.
  
• Fixed an issue in Crystalline Dimension's Fourth Area where mobs would continue to spawn after killing the bosses if they had been killed too quickly.
  
• Removed north fish spawner from Temple of Water.
  

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